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Windows 7: How to get data out of a defective HDD ?

Sure you can run the Recovery disks to make the reinstall easier if you want. Did you make them before the HD went bad?

After running Factory Recovery post back a screenshot of the maximized Disk management drive map and listings and we'll help you create, copy data in and link to a data partition if that's what you want.

I'd also check the maker's Support Downloads webpage for your model computer to see if there is a newer BIOS update which might be needed to recognize such a large HD. Hopefully Recovery disks will run and reinstall the factory image, but you'll have to wait to see.

An OEM decides on partiitoning based on their particular Recovery scheme, normally adds a System Reserved boot partition which is needed for Bitlocker if user should ever upgrade to Ultimate, then C for Windows and sometimes a D for data since it is popular to link data to a separate partition in case C needs reimaging - the data remains current in it's own partition while just the OS and Programs on C are reimaged.

If the chipset is not listed for a particular OS then it's because the OEM knows it is in the installer as are most chipsets with Win7. I would never change out the chipset from that given by the 7 installer unless performance dictates this, or an element is missing in Deivce Manager - and in that case I would only browse from the Device>Update Driver to the unzipped chipset to pick up the missing device's driver.

All the steps to getting a perfect clean reinstall are in the tutorial I linked.

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